EX-99.H 5 dreyfusagreement.htm DREYFUS PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

 

 

FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

 

 

This Agreement is entered into as of the 11 day of April, 1997, between

Prudential Insurance Company of America, a life insurance company organized

under the laws of the State of New Jersey ("Insurance Company"), and each of

DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND, THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH FUND,

INC., and DREYFUS LIFE AND ANNUITY INDEX FUND, INC. (d/b/a DREYFUS STOCK INDEX

FUND) (each a "Fund").

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

 

1.1

"Act" shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

 

1.2

"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors or Trustees, as the case may

 

be, of a Fund, which has the responsibility for management and control of

 

the Fund.

 

 

1.3

"Business Day" shall mean any day for which a Fund calculates net asset

 

value per share as described in the Fund's Prospectus.

 

 

1.4

"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

1.5

"Contract" shall mean a variable annuity or life insurance contract that

 

uses any Participating Fund (as defined below) as an underlying

 

investment medium. Individuals who participate under a group Contract are

 

"Participants."

 

 

1.6

"Contractholder" shall mean any entity that is a party to a Contract with

 

a Participating Company (as defined below).

 

 

1.7

"Disinterested Board Members" shall mean those members of the Board of a

 

Fund that are not deemed to be "interested persons" of the Fund, as

 

defined by the Act.

 

 

1.8

"Dreyfus" shall mean The Dreyfus Corporation and its affiliates,

 

including Dreyfus Service Corporation.

 

 

1.9

"Participating Companies" shall mean any insurance company (including

 

Insurance Company) that offers variable annuity and/or variable life

 

insurance contracts to the public and that has entered into an agreement

 

with one or more of the funds.

 

 

1.10

"Participating Fund" shall mean each Fund, including, as applicable, any

 

series thereof, specified in Exhibit A, as such Exhibit may be amended

 

from time to time by agreement of the parties hereto, the shares of which

 

are available to serve as the underlying investment medium for the

 

aforesaid Contracts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.11

"Prospectus" shall mean the current prospectus and statement of

 

additional information of a Fund, as most recently filed with the

 

Commission.

 

 

1.12

"Separate Account" shall mean The Prudential Variable Contract Account

 

GI-2, a separate account established by Insurance Company in accordance

 

with the laws of the State of New Jersey.

 

 

1.13

"Software Program" shall mean the software program used by a Fund for

 

providing Fund and account balance information including net asset value

 

per share. Such Program may include the Lion System. In situations where

 

the Lion System or any other Software Program used by a Fund is not

 

available, such information may be provided by telephone. The Lion System

 

shall be provided to Insurance Company at no charge.

 

 

1.14

"Insurance Company's General Account(s)" shall mean the general

 

account(s) of Insurance Company and its affiliates that invest in a Fund.

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

REPRESENTATIONS

 

 

2.1

Insurance Company represents and warrants that (a) it is an insurance

company duly organized and in good standing under applicable law; (b) it

 

has legally and validly established the Separate Account pursuant to the

 

New Jersey Insurance Code for the purpose of offering to the public

 

certain individual and group variable annuity and life insurance

 

contracts; (c) it has registered the Separate Account as a unit

 

investment trust under the Act to serve as the segregated investment

account for the Contracts; and (d) the Separate Account is eligible to

 

invest in shares of each Participating Fund without such investment

 

disqualifying any Participating Fund as an investment medium for

 

insurance company separate accounts supporting variable annuity contracts

 

or variable life insurance contracts.

 

 

2.2

Insurance Company represents and warrants that (a) the Contracts will be

 

described in a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of

 

1933, as amended ("1933 Act"); (b) the Contracts will be issued and

 

sold in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal

 

and state laws; and (c) the sale of the Contracts shall comply in all

 

material respects with state insurance law requirements. Insurance

 

Company agrees to notify each Participating Fund promptly of any

 

investment restrictions imposed by state insurance law and applicable to

 

the Participating Fund.

 

 

 

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2.3

Insurance Company represents and warrants that the income, gains and

 

losses, whether or not realized, from assets allocated to the Separate

 

Account are, in accordance with the applicable Contracts, to be credited

 

to or charged against such Separate Account without regard to other

 

income, gains or losses from assets allocated to any other accounts of

 

Insurance Company. Insurance Company represents and warrants that the

 

assets of the Separate Account are and will be kept separate from

 

Insurance Company's General Account and any other separate accounts

 

Insurance Company may have, and will not be charged with liabilities from

 

any business that Insurance Company may conduct or the liabilities of any

 

companies affiliated with Insurance Company.

 

 

2.4

Each Participating Fund represents that it is registered with the

 

Commission under the Act as an open-end, management investment company

 

and possesses, and shall maintain, all legal and regulatory licenses,

 

approvals, consents and/or exemptions required for the Participating Fund

 

to operate and offer its shares as an underlying investment medium for

 

Participating Companies.

 

 

2.5

Each Participating Fund represents that it is currently qualified as a

 

regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue

 

Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and that it will make every effort

 

to maintain such qualification (under Subchapter M or any successor or

 

similar provision) and that it will notify Insurance Company immediately

 

upon having a reasonable basis for believing that it has ceased to so

 

qualify or that it might not so qualify in the future.

 

 

2.6

Insurance Company represents and agrees that the Contracts are currently,

 

and at the time of issuance will be, treated as life insurance policies

 

or annuity contracts, whichever is appropriate, under applicable

 

provisions of the Code, and that it will make every effort to maintain

 

such treatment and that it will notify each Participating Fund and

 

Dreyfus immediately upon having a reasonable basis for believing that the

 

Contracts have ceased to he so treated or that they might not be so

 

treated in the future. Insurance Company agrees that any prospectus

 

offering a Contract that is a "modified endowment contract," as that term

 

is defined in Section 7702A of the Code, will identify such Contract as a

 

modified endowment contract (or policy).

 

 

2.7

Each Participating Fund agrees that its assets shall be managed and

 

invested in a manner that complies with the requirements of Section

 

817(h) of the Code.

 

 

2.8

Insurance Company agrees that each Participating Fund shall be permitted

 

(subject to the other terms of this Agreement)

 

 

 

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to make its shares available to other Participating Companies and

 

Contractholders.

 

 

2.9

Each Participating Fund represents and warrants that any of its

 

directors, trustees, officers, employees, investment advisers, and other

 

individuals/entities who deal with the money and/or securities of the

 

Participating Fund are and shall continue to be at all times covered by a

 

blanket fidelity bond or similar coverage for the benefit of the

 

Participating Fund in an amount not less than that required by Rule 17g-1

 

under the Act. The aforesaid Bond shall include coverage for larceny and

 

embezzlement and shall be issued by a reputable bonding company.

 

 

2.10

Insurance Company represents and warrants that all of its employees and

 

agents who deal with the money and/or securities of each Participating

 

Fund are and shall continue to be at all times covered by a blanket

 

fidelity bond or similar coverage in an amount not less than the coverage

 

required to be maintained by the Participating Fund. The aforesaid Bond

 

shall include coverage for larceny and embezzlement and shall be issued

 

by a reputable bonding company.

 

 

2.11

Insurance Company agrees that Dreyfus shall be deemed a third party

 

beneficiary under this Agreement and may enforce any and all rights

 

conferred by virtue of this Agreement.

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

FUND SHARES

 

 

3.1

The Contracts funded through the Separate Account will provide for the

 

investment of certain amounts in shares of each Participating Fund.

 

 

3.2

Each Participating Fund agrees to make its shares available for purchase

 

at the then applicable net asset value per share by Insurance Company and

 

the Separate Account on each Business Day pursuant to rules of the

 

Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Participating Fund may

 

refuse to sell its shares to any person, or suspend or terminate the

 

offering of its shares, if such action is required by law or by

 

regulatory authorities having Jurisdiction or is, in the sole discretion

 

of its Board, acting in good faith and in light of its fiduciary duties

 

under federal and any applicable state laws, necessary and in best

 

interests of the Participating Fund's shareholders.

 

 

3.3

Each Participating Fund agrees that shares of the Participating Fund will

 

be sold only to (a) Participating Companies and their separate accounts

 

or (b) "qualified pension or retirement plans" as determined under

 

Section 817(h)(4) of the code. Except as otherwise set forth in

 

 

 

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this Section 3.3, no shares of any Participating Fund will be sold to the

 

general public.

 

 

3.4

Each Participating Fund shall use its best efforts to provide closing net

 

asset value, dividend and capital gain information on a per-share basis

 

to Insurance Company by 6:00 p.m. Eastern time on each Business Day. Any

 

material errors in the calculation of net asset value, dividend and

 

capital gain information shall be reported immediately upon discovery to

 

Insurance Company. Non-material errors will be corrected in the next

 

Business Day's net asset value per share.

 

 

3.5

At the end of each Business Day, Insurance Company will use the

 

information described in Sections 3.2 and 3.4 to calculate the unit

 

values of the Separate Account for the day. Using this unit value,

 

Insurance Company will process the day's Separate Account transactions

 

received by it by the close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock

 

Exchange (currently 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) to determine the net dollar

 

amount of each Participating Fund's shares that will be purchased or

 

redeemed at that day's closing net asset value per share. The net

 

purchase or redemption orders will be transmitted to each Participating

 

Fund by Insurance Company by 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the Business Day

 

next following Insurance Company's receipt of that information. Subject

 

to Sections 3.6 and 3.8, all purchase and redemption orders for Insurance

 

Company's General Accounts shall be effected at the net asset value per

 

share of each Participating Fund next calculated after receipt of the

 

order by the Participating Fund or its Transfer Agent.

 

 

3.6

Each Participating Fund appoints Insurance Company as its agent for the

 

limited purpose of accepting orders for the purchase and redemption of

 

Participating Fund shares for the Separate Account. Each Participating

 

Fund will execute orders at the applicable net asset value per share

 

determined as of the close of trading on the day of receipt of such

 

orders by Insurance Company acting as agent ("effective trade date"),

 

provided that the Participating Fund receives notice of such orders by

 

11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the next following Business Day and, if such

 

orders request the purchase of Participating Fund shares, the conditions

 

specified in Section 3.8, as applicable, are satisfied A redemption or

 

purchase request that does not satisfy the conditions specified above and

 

in Section 3.8, as applicable, will be effected at the net asset value

 

per share computed on the Business Day immediately preceding the next

 

following Business Day upon which such conditions have been satisfied in

 

accordance with the requirements of this Section and Section 3.8.

 

 

 

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3.7

Insurance Company will make its best efforts to notify each applicable

 

Participating Fund in advance of any unusually large purchase or

 

redemption orders.

 

 

3.8

If Insurance Company's order requests the purchase of a Participating

 

Fund's shares, Insurance Company will pay for such purchases by wiring

 

Federal Funds to the Participating Fund or its designated custodial

 

account on the day the order is transmitted. Insurance Company shall make

 

all reasonable efforts to transmit to the applicable Participating Fund

 

payment in Federal Funds by 12:00 noon Eastern time on the Business Day

 

the Participating Fund receives the notice of the order pursuant to

 

Section 3.5. Each applicable Participating Fund will execute such orders

 

at the applicable net asset value per share determined as of the close of

 

trading on the effective trade date if the Participating Fund receives

 

payment in Federal Funds by 12:00 midnight Eastern time on the Business

 

Day the Participating Fund receives the notice of the order pursuant to

 

Section 3.5. If payment in Federal Funds for any purchase is not received

 

or is received by a Participating Fund after 12:00 noon Eastern time on

 

such Business Day, Insurance Company shall promptly, upon each applicable

 

Participating Fund's request, reimburse the respective Participating Fund

 

for any charges, costs, fees, interest or other expenses incurred by the

 

Participating Fund in connection with any advances to, or borrowings or

 

overdrafts by, the Participating Fund, or any similar expenses incurred

 

by the Participating Fund, as a result of portfolio transactions effected

 

by the Participating Fund based upon such purchase request. If Insurance

 

Company's order requests the redemption of any Participating Fund's

 

shares valued at or greater than $1 million dollars, the Participating

 

Fund will wire such amount to Insurance Company within seven days of the

 

order.

 

 

3.9

Each Participating Fund has the obligation to ensure that Its shares are

 

registered with applicable federal agencies at all times.

 

 

3.10

Each Participating Fund will confirm each purchase or redemption order

 

made by Insurance Company. Transfer of Participating Fund shares will be

 

by book entry only. No share certificates will be issued to Insurance

 

Company. Insurance Company will record shares ordered from a

 

Participating Fund in an apporpriate title for the corresponding account.

 

 

3.11

Each Participating Fund shall credit Insurance Company with the

 

appropriate number of shares.

 

 

3.12

On each ex-dividend date of a Participating Fund or, if not a Business

 

Day, on the first Business Day thereafter, each Participating Fund shall

 

communicate to Insurance Company

 

 

 

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the amount of dividend and capital gain, if any, per share. All dividends

 

and capital gains shall be automatically reinvested in additional shares

 

of the applicable Participating Fund at the net asset value per share on

 

the ex-dividend date. Each Participating Fund shall, on the day after the

 

ex-dividend date or, if not a Business Day, on the first Business Day

 

thereafter, notify Insurance Company of the number of shares so issued.

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

 

 

4.1

Each Participating Fund shall provide monthly statements of account as of

 

the end of each month for all of Insurance Company's accounts by the

 

fifteenth (15th) Business Day of the following month.

 

 

4.2

Each Participating Fund shall distribute to Insurance Company copies of

 

the Participating Fund's Prospectuses, proxy materials, notices, periodic

 

reports and other printed materials (which the Participating Fund

 

customarily provides to its shareholders) in quantities as Insurance

 

Company may reasonably request for distribution to each Contractholder

 

and Participant.

 

 

4.3

Each Participating Fund will provide to Insurance Company at least one

 

complete copy of all registration statements, Prospectuses, reports,

 

proxy statements, sales literature and other promotional materials,

 

applications for exemptions, requests for no-action letters, and all

 

amendments to any of the above, that relate to the Participating Fund or

 

its shares, contemporaneously with the filing of such document with the

 

Commission or other regulatory authorities.

 

 

4.4

Insurance Company will provide to each Participating Fund at least one

 

copy of all registration statements, Prospectuses, reports, proxy

 

statements, sales literature and other proportional materials,

 

applications for exemptions, requests for no-action letters, and all

 

amendments to any of the above, that relate to the Contracts or the

 

Separate Account, contemporaneously with the filing of such document with

 

the Commission.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE V

 

EXPENSES

 

 

5.1

The charge to each Participating Fund for all expenses and costs of the

 

Participating Fund, including but not limited to management fees,

 

administrative expenses and legal and regulatory costs, will be made in

 

the determination of the Participating Fund's daily net asset value per

 

share so as to accumulate to an annual charge at the rate set forth in

 

the Participating Fund's Prospectus. Excluded from the expense limitation

 

described herein shall be brokerage commissions and transaction fees and

 

extraordinary expenses.

 

 

5.2

Except as provided in this Article V and, in particular in the next

 

sentence, Insurance Company shall not be required to pay directly any

 

expenses of any Participating Fund or expenses relating to the

 

distribution of its shares. Insurance Company shall pay the following

 

expenses or costs:

 

 

a.

Such amount of the production expenses of any Participating Fund

 

materials, including the cost of printing a Participating Fund's

 

Prospectus, or marketing materials for prospective Insurance

 

Company Contractholders and Participants as Dreyfus and Insurance

 

Company shall agree from time to time.

 

 

b.

Distribution expenses of any Participating Fund materials or

 

marketing materials for prospective Insurance Company

 

Contractholders and Participants.

 

 

c.

Distribution expenses of any Participating Fund materials or

 

marketing materials for Insurance Company Contractholders and

 

Participants.

 

 

Except as provided herein, all other expenses of each Participating Fund

 

shall not be borne by Insurance Company.

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

EXEMPTIVE RELIEF

 

 

6.1

Insurance Company has reviewed a copy of the order dated December 23,

 

1987 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 6(c) of the

 

Act with respect to Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund and a copy of the

 

order dated August 23, 1989 of the Securities and Exchange Commission

 

under Section 6(c) of the Act with respect to Dreyfus Life and Annuity

 

Index Fund, Inc. and, in particular, has reviewed the conditions to the

 

relief set forth in each related Notice. As set forth therein, if Dreyfus

 

Variable Investment Fund or Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. is

 

a Participating Fund, Insurance Company agrees, as applicable to report

 

any potential or existing conflicts

 

 

 

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promptly to the respective Board of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund

 

and/or Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. and, in particular,

 

whenever contract voting instructions are disregarded, and recognizes

 

that it will be responsible for assisting each applicable Board in

 

carrying out its responsibilities under such application. Insurance

 

Company agrees to carry out such responsibilities with a view to the

 

interests of existing Contractholders.

 

 

The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc., if it is a

 

Participating Fund, shall furnish Insurance Company with a copy of its

 

application for an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission under

 

Section 6(c) of the Act for mixed and shared funding relief, and the

 

notice of such application and order when issued by the SEC. Insurance

 

Company agrees to comply with the conditions on which such order is

 

issued, including reporting any potential or existing conflicts promptly

 

to the Board of The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc., and

 

in particular whenever Contractholder voting instructions are

 

disregarded, to the extent such conditions are not materially different

 

from the conditions of the mixed and shared funding relief obtained by

 

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund and Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund,

 

Inc., respectively; and recognizes that it shall be responsible for

 

assisting the Board of The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.

 

in carrying out its responsibilities in connection with such order.

 

Insurance Company agrees to carry out such responsibilities with a view

 

to the interests of existing Contractholders.

 

 

6.2

If a majority of the Board, or a majority of Disinterested Board Members,

 

determines that a material irreconcilable conflict exists with regard to

 

Contractholder investments in a Participating Fund, the Board shall give

 

prompt notice to all Participating Companies and any other Participating

 

Fund. If the Board determines that Insurance Company is responsible for

 

causing or creating said conflict, Insurance Company shall at its sole

 

cost and expense, and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined

 

by a majority of the Disinterested Board Members), take such action as is

 

necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict.

 

Such necessary action may include, but shall not be limited to:

 

 

a.

Withdrawing the assets allocable to the Separate Account from the

 

Participating Fund and reinvesting such assets in another

 

Participating Fund (if applicable) or a different investment

 

medium, or submitting the question of whether such segregation

should be implemented to a vote of all affected Contractholders;

 

and/or

 

 

 

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Establishing a new registered management investment company.

 

 

6.3

If a material irreconcilable conflict arises as a result of a decision by

 

Insurance Company to disregard Contractholder voting instructions and

 

said decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority

 

vote by all Contractholders having an interest in a Participating Fund,

 

Insurance Company may be required, at the Board's election, to withdraw

 

the investments of the Separate Account in that Participating Fund.

 

 

6.4

For the purpose of this Article, a majority of the Disinterested Board

 

Members shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately

 

remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will any

 

Participating Fund be required to bear the expense of establishing a

 

new funding medium for any Contract. Insurance Company shall not be

 

required by this Article to establish a new funding medium for any

 

Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority

 

of the Contractholders materially adversely affected by the

 

irreconcilable material conflict.

 

 

6.5

No action by Insurance Company taken or omitted, and no action by the

 

Separate Account or any Participating Fund taken or omitted as a result

 

of any act or failure to act by Insurance Company pursuant to this

 

Article VI, shall relieve Insurance Company of its obligations under,

 

or otherwise affect the operation of, Article V.

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

VOTING OF PARTICIPATING FUND SHARES

 

 

7.1

Each Participating Fund shall provide Insurance Company with copies, at

 

no cost to Insurance Company, of the Participating Fund's proxy material,

 

reports to shareholders and other communications to shareholders in such

 

quantity as Insurance Company shall reasonably require for distributing

 

to Contractholders or Participants.

 

 

Insurance Company shall:

 

 

(a)

solicit voting instructions from Contractholders or Participants

 

on a timely basis and in accordance with applicable law;

 

 

(b)

vote the Participating Fund shares in accordance with instructions

 

received from Contractholders or Participants; and

 

 

 

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(c)

vote the Participating Fund shares for which no instructions have

 

been received in the same proportion as Participating Fund shares

 

for which instructions have been received.

 

 

Insurance Company agrees at all times to vote its General Account shares

 

in the same proportion as the Participating Fund shares for which

 

instructions have been received from Contractholders or Participants.

 

Insurance Company further agrees to be responsible for assuring that

 

voting the Participating Fund shares for the Separate Account is

 

conducted in a manner consistent with other Participating Companies.

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

MARKETING AND REPRESENTATIONS

 

 

8.1

Each Participating Fund or its underwriter shall periodically furnish

 

Insurance Company with the following documents, in quantities as

 

Insurance Company may reasonably request:

 

 

a.

Current Prospectus and any supplements thereto; and

 

 

b.

Other marketing materials.

 

 

Expenses for the production of such documents shall be borne by Insurance

 

Company in accordance with Section 5.2 of this Agreement.

 

 

8.2

Insurance Company shall designate certain persons or entities that shall

 

have the requisite licenses to solicit applications for the sale of

 

Contracts. No representation is made as to the number or amount of

 

Contracts that are to be sold by Insurance Company. Insurance Company

 

shall make reasonable efforts to market the Contracts and shall comply

 

with all applicable federal and state laws in connection therewith.

 

 

8.3

Insurance Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to each

 

applicable Participating Fund or its designee, each piece of sales

 

literature or other promotional material in which the Participating Fund,

 

its investment adviser or the administrator is named, at least fifteen

 

Business Days prior to its use. No such material shall be used unless the

 

Participating Fund or its designee approves such material. Such approval

 

(if given) must be in writing and shall be presumed not given if not

 

received within ten Business Days after receipt of such material. Each

 

applicable Participating Fund or its designee, as the

 

 

 

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case may be, shall use all reasonable efforts to respond within ten days

 

of receipt.

 

 

 

8.4

Insurance Company shall not give any information or make any

 

representations or statements on behalf of a Participating Fund or

 

concerning a Participating Fund in connection with the sale of the

 

Contracts other than the information or representations contained in the

 

registration statement or Prospectus of, as may be amended or

 

supplemented from time to time, or in reports or proxy statements for,

 

the applicable Participating Fund, or in sales literature or other

 

promotional material approved by the applicable Participating Fund.

 

 

8.5

Each Participating Fund shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to

 

Insurance Company, each piece of the Participating Fund's sales

 

literature or other promotional material in which Insurance Company or

 

the Separate Account is named, at least fifteen Business Days prior to

 

its use. No such material shall be used unless Insurance Company approves

 

such material. Such approval (if given) must be in writing and shall be

 

presumed not given if not received within ten Business Days after receipt

 

of such material. Insurance Company shall use all reasonable efforts to

 

respond within ten days of receipt.

 

 

8.6

Each Participating Fund shall not, in connection with the sale of

 

Participating Fund shares, give any information or make any

 

representations on behalf of Insurance Company or concerning Insurance

 

Company, the Separate Account, or the Contracts other than the

 

information or representations contained in a registration statement or

 

prospectus for the Contracts, as may be amended or supplemented from time

 

to time, or in published reports for the Separate Account that are in the

 

public domain or approved by Insurance Company for distribution to

 

Contractholders or Participants, or in sales literature or other

 

promotional material approved by Insurance company,

 

 

8.7

For purposes of this Agreement, the phrase "sales literature or other

 

promotional material" or words of similar import include, without

 

limitation, advertisements (such as material published, or designed for

 

use, in a newspaper, magazine or other periodical, radio, television,

 

telephone or tape recording, videotape display, signs or billboards,

 

motion pictures or other public media), sales literature (such as any

 

written communication distributed or made generally available to

 

customers or the public, including brochures, circulars, research

 

reports, market letters, form letter, seminar texts, or reprints or

 

excerpts of any other advertisement, sales literature, or published

 

article), educational or training materials or other communications

 

 

 

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distributed or made generally available to some or all agents or employees,

registration statements, prospectuses, statements of additional information,

shareholder reports and proxy materials, and any other material constituting

sales literature or advertising under National Association of Securities

Dealers, Inc. rules, the Act or the 1933 Act.

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

 

9.1

Insurance Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each

 

Participating Fund, Dreyfus, each respective Participating Fund's

 

investment adviser and sub-investment adviser (if applicable), each

 

respective Participating Fund's distributor, and their respective

 

affiliates, and each of their directors, trustees, officers, employees,

 

agents and each person, if any, who controls or is associated with any of

 

the foregoing entities or persons within the meaning of the 1933 Act

 

(collectively, the "Indemnified Parties" for purposes of Section 9.1),

 

against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities joint or

 

several (including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably

 

incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in settlement of, any

 

action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted) for which the

 

Indemnified Parties may become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise,

 

insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in

 

respect to thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue

 

statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in

 

information furnished by Insurance Company for use in the registration

 

statement or Prospectus or sales literature or advertisements of the

 

respective Participating Fund or with respect to the Separate Account or

 

Contracts, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged

 

omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein

or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) arise

 

out of or as a result of conduct, statements or representations (other

 

than statements or representations contained in the Prospectus and sales

 

literature or advertisements of the respective Participating Fund) of

 

Insurance Company or its agents, with respect to the sale and

 

distribution of Contracts for which the respective Participating Fund's

 

shares are an underlying Investment; (iii) arise out of the wrongful

 

conduct of Insurance Company or persons under its control with respect to

 

the sale or distribution of the Contracts or the respective Participating

 

Fund's shares; (iv) arise out of Insurance Company's incorrect

 

calculation and/or untimely reporting of net purchase or redemption

orders; or (v) arise out of any breach by Insurance Company of a material

 

term of this Agreement or as a result of any failure by Insurance Company

 

to provide the services and furnish the materials or

 

 

 

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to make any payments provided for in this Agreement. Insurance Company

 

will reimburse any Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or

defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided,

 

however, that with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above Insurance

 

Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such

 

loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any

 

untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such

 

registration statement, prospectus, sales literature, or advertisement in

 

conformity with written information furnished to Insurance Company by the

 

respective Participating Fund specifically for use therein. This

 

indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which Insurance

 

Company may otherwise have.

 

 

9.2

Each Participating Fund severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless

 

Insurance Company and each of its directors, officers, employees, agents

 

and each person, if any, who controls Insurance Company within the

 

meaning of the 1933 Act (collectively, the "Insurance Company Indemnified

 

Parties") against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which

 

Insurance Company Indemnified Parties may become subject, under the 1933

 

Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities

 

(or actions in respect thereof) joint or several (including any

 

investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection

 

with, and any amounts paid in settlement of, any action, suit or

 

proceeding or any claim asserted) (1) arise out of or are based upon any

 

untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact

 

contained in the registration statement or Prospectus or sales literature

or advertisements of the respective Participating Fund; (2) arise cut of

 

or are based upon the omission to state in the registration statement or

 

Prospectus or sales literature or advertisements of the respective

 

Participating Fund any material fact required to be stated therein or

necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (3) arise out

 

of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of

 

any material fact contained in the registration statement or Prospectus

 

or sales literature or advertisements with respect to the Separate

 

Account or the Contracts and such statements were based on information

provided to Insurance Company by the respective Participating Fund; and

 

the respective Participating Fund will reimburse any legal or other

 

expenses reasonably incurred by Insurance Company Indemnified Parties in

 

connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,

liability or action; provided, however, that the respective Participating

 

Fund will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such

 

loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue

 

statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration

 

 

 

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statement, Prospectus, sales literature or advertisements in conformity

 

with written information furnished to the respective Participating Fund

 

by Insurance Company specifically for use therein. This indenmity

 

agreement will be in addition to any liability which the respective

 

Participating Fund may otherwise have.

 

 

9.3

Each Participating Fund severally shall indemnify and hold Insurance

 

Company harmless against any and all liability, loss, damages, costs or

 

expenses which Insurance Company may incur, suffer or be required to pay

 

due to the respective Participating Fund's (1) incorrect calculation of

 

the daily net asset value, dividend rate or capital gain distribution

rate; (2) incorrect reporting of the daily net asset value, dividend rate

or capital gain distribution rate; and (3) untimely reporting of the net

asset value, dividend rate or capital gain distribution race; provided

 

that the respective Participating Fund shall have no obligation to

 

indemnify and hold harmless Insurance Company if the incorrect

 

calculation or incorrect or untimely reporting was the result of

 

incorrect information furnished by Insurance Company or information

 

furnished untimely by Insurance Company or otherwise as a result of or

 

relating to a breach of this Agreement by Insurance Company.

 

 

9.4

Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Article of

 

notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if

 

a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party

 

under this Article, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement

 

thereof. The omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not

 

relieve the indemnifying party from any liability under this Article IX,

 

except to the extent that the omission results in a failure of actual

 

notice to the indemnifying party and such indemnifying party is damaged

 

solely as a result of the failure to give such notice. In case any such

 

action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notified the

 

indemnified party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party

 

will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may

 

wish, assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such

 

indemnified party, and to the extent that the indemnifying party has

 

given notice to such effect to the indemnified party and is performing

 

its obligations under this Article, the indemnifying party shall not be

 

liable for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such

 

indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, other than

 

reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any

 

such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its

 

own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the

 

expense of such party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the

 

 

 

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indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such

 

counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any

 

impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the

 

indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel

 

would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests

 

between them. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any

 

settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent.

 

 

A successor by law of the parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to

 

the benefits of the indemnification contained in this Article IX. The

 

provisions of this Article IX shall survive termination of this

 

Agreement.

 

 

9.5

Insurance Company shall indemnify and hold each respective Participating

 

Fund, Dreyfus and sub-investment adviser of the Participating Fund

 

harmless against any tax liability incurred by the Participating Fund

 

under Section 851 of the Code arising from purchases or redemptions by

 

Insurance Company's General Accounts or the account of its affiliates.

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

 

COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION

 

 

10.1

This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof and shall

 

continue in force until terminated in accordance with the provision

 

herein.

 

 

10.2

This Agreement shall terminate without penalty:

 

 

a.

As to any Participating Fund, at the option of Insurance Company

 

or the Participating Fund at any time from the date hereof upon

 

180 days' notice, unless a shorter time is agreed to by the

 

respective Participating Fund and Insurance Company;

 

 

b.

As to any Participating Fund, at the option of Insurance Company,

 

if shares of that Participating Fund are not reasonably available

 

to meet the requirements of the Contracts as determined by

 

Insurance Company. Prompt notice of election to terminate shall be

 

furnished by Insurance Company, said termination to be effective

 

ten days after receipt of notice unless the Participating Fund

 

makes available a sufficient number of shares to meet the

 

requirements of the Contracts within said ten-day period;

 

 

c.

As to a Participating Fund, at the option of Insurance Company,

 

upon the institution of formal proceedings against that

 

Participating Fund by the Commission, National Association of

 

Securities Dealers or any other

 

 

 

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regulatory body, the expected or anticipated ruling, judgment or

 

outcome of which would, in Insurance Company's reasonable

 

judgment, materially impair that Participating Fund's ability to

 

meet and perform the Participating Fund's obligations and duties

 

hereunder. Prompt notice of election to terminate shall be

 

furnished by Insurance Company with said termination to be

 

effective upon receipt of notice;

 

 

d.

As to a Participating Fund, at the option of each Participating

 

Fund, upon the institution of formal proceedings against Insurance

 

Company by the Commission, National Association of Securities

 

Dealers or any other regulatory body, the expected or anticipated

 

ruling, judgment or outcome of which would, in the Participating

 

Fund's reasonable judgment, materially impair Insurance Company's

 

ability to meet and perform Insurance Company's obligations and

 

duties hereunder. Prompt notice of election to terminate shall be

 

furnished by such Participating Fund with said termination to be

 

effective upon receipt of notice;

 

 

e.

As to a Participating Fund, at the option of that Participating

 

Fund, if the Participating Fund shall determine, in its sole

 

judgment reasonably exercised in good faith, that Insurance

 

Company has suffered a material adverse change in its business or

 

financial condition or is the subject of material adverse

 

publicity and such material adverse change or material adverse

 

publicity is likely to have a material adverse impact upon the

 

business and operation of that Participating Fund or Dreyfus, such

 

Participating Fund shall notify Insurance Company in writing of

 

such determination and its intent to terminate this Agreement, and

 

after considering the actions taken by Insurance Company and any

 

other changes in circumstances since the giving of such notice,

 

such determination of the Participating Fund shall continue to

 

apply on the sixtieth (60th) day following the giving of such

 

notice, which sixtieth day shall be the effective date of

 

termination;

 

 

f.

As to a Participating Fund, upon termination of the Investment

 

Advisory Agreement between that Participating Fund and Dreyfus or

 

its successors unless Insurance Company specifically approves the

 

selection of a new Participating Fund investment adviser. Such

 

Participating Fund shall promptly furnish notice of such

 

termination to Insurance Company;

 

 

g.

As to a Participating Fund, in the event that Participating Fund's

 

shares are not registered, issued

 

 

 

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or sold in accordance with applicable federal law, or such law

 

precludes the use or such shares as the underlying investment

 

medium of Contracts issued or to be issued by Insurance Company.

 

Termination shall be effective immediately as to that

 

Participating Fund only upon such occurrence without notice;

 

 

h.

At the option of a Participating Fund upon a determination by its

 

Board in good faith that it is no longer advisable and in the best

 

interests of shareholders of that Participating Fund to continue

 

to operate pursuant to this Agreement. Termination pursuant to

 

this Subsection (h) shall be effective upon notice by such

 

Participating Fund to Insurance Company of such termination;

 

 

i.

At the option of a Participating Fund if the Contracts cease to

 

qualify as annuity contracts or life insurance policies, as

 

applicable, under the Code, or if such Participating Fund

 

reasonably believes that the Contracts may fail to so qualify;

 

 

j.

At the option of any party to this Agreement, upon another party's

 

breach of any material provision of this Agreement;

 

 

k.

At the option of a Participating Fund, if the Contracts are not

 

registered, issued or sold in accordance with applicable federal

 

and/or state law; or

 

 

l.

Upon assignment of this Agreement, unless made with the written

 

consent of every other non-assigning party.

 

 

Any such termination pursuant to Section 10.2a, 10.2d, 10.2e, 10.2f or

 

10.2k herein shall not affect the operation of Article V of this

 

Agreement. Any termination of this Agreement shall not affect the

 

operation of Article IX of this Agreement.

 

 

10.3

Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section

 

10.2 hereof, each Participating Fund and Dreyfus may at the option of the

 

Participating Fund, continue to make available additional shares of that

 

Participating Fund for as long as the Participating Fund desires pursuant

 

to the terms and conditions of this Agreement as provided below, for all

 

Contracts in effect on the effective date of termination of this

 

Agreement (hereinafter referred to as "Existing Contracts").

 

Specifically, without limitation, if that Participating Fund and Dreyfus

 

so elect to make additional Participating Fund shares available, the

 

owners of the Existing Contracts or Insurance Company, whichever shall

 

have legal authority to do so, shall be permitted to

 

 

 

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reallocate investments in that Participating Fund, redeem investments in

 

that Participating Fund and/or invest in that Participating Fund upon the

 

making of additional purchase payments under the Existing Contracts. In

 

the event of a termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.2

 

hereof, such Participating Fund and Dreyfus, as promptly as is

 

practicable under the circumstances, shall notify Insurance Company

 

whether Dreyfus and that Participating Fund will continue to make that

 

Participating Fund's shares available after such termination. If such

 

Participating Fund shares continue to be made available after such

 

termination, the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect and

 

thereafter either of that Participating Fund or Insurance Company may

 

terminate the Agreement as to that Participating Fund, as so continued

 

pursuant to this Section 10.3, upon prior written notice to the other

 

party, such notice to be for a period that is reasonable under the

 

circumstances but, if given by the Participating Fund, need not be for

 

more than six months.

 

 

10.4

Termination of this Agreement as to any one Participating Fund shall not

 

be deemed a termination as to any other Participating Fund unless

 

Insurance Company or such other Participating Fund, as the case may be,

 

terminates this Agreement as to such other Participating Fund in

 

accordance with this Article X.

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

 

AMENDMENTS

 

 

11.1

Any other changes in the terms of this Agreement, except for the addition

 

or deletion of any Participating Fund as specified in Exhibit A, shall be

 

made by agreement in writing between Insurance Company and each

 

respective Participating Fund.

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII

 

NOTICE

 

 

12.1

Each notice required by this Agreement shall be given by certified mail,

 

return receipt requested, to the appropriate parties at the following

 

addresses:

 

 

Insurance Company: Prudential Insurance Co.

 

751 Broad Street

 

Newark, New Jersey 07102

 

Attn: Mary Cavanaugh, Esq.

 

 

Participating Funds: [Name of Fund]

 

c/o Premier Mutual Fund Services, Inc.

 

200 Park Avenue, 6th Floor West

 

New York, New York 10166

 

Attn: Elizabeth A. Keelev, Esq.

 

 

 

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with copies to: [Name of Fund]

 

c/o The Dreyfus Corporation

 

200 Park Avenue

 

New York, New York 10166

 

Attn: Mark N. Jacobs, Esq.

 

Lawrence B. Stoller, Esq.

 

 

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan

 

7 Hanover Square

 

New York, New York 10004-2696

 

Attn: Lewis G. Cole, Esq.

 

Stuart H. Coleman, Esq.

 

 

Notice shall be deemed to be given on the date of receipt by the

 

addresses as evidenced by the return receipt.

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

13.1

This Agreement has been executed on behalf of each Fund by the

 

undersigned officer of the Fund in his capacity as an officer of the

 

Fund. The obligations of this Agreement shall only be binding upon the

 

assets and property of the Fund and shall not be binding upon any

 

director, trustee, officer or shareholder of the Fund individually. It is

 

agreed that the obligations of the Funds are several and not joint, that

 

no Fund shall be liable for any amount owing by another Fund and that the

 

Funds have executed one instrument for convenience only.

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIV

 

LAW

 

 

14.1

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the internal laws of

 

the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflict

 

of laws.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be duly

executed and attested as of the date above written.

 

 

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

 

 

BY: /s/ Illegible

 

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Its: Vice President

 

Attest: /s/ John Sieb

 

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DREYFUS LIFE AND ANNUITY INDEX FUND,

 

INC. (d/b/a DREYFUS STOCK INDEX FUND)

 

 

 

BY: /s/ Elizabeth Keeley

 

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Its: Vice President

 

Attest: /s/ L.B.Stoller

 

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THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH

 

FUND, INC.

 

 

 

BY: Elizabeth Keeley

 

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Its: Vice President

 

Attest: /s/ L.B. Stoller

 

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DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND

 

 

 

BY: /s/ Elizabeth Keeley

 

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Its: Vice President

 

Attest: /s/ L.B. Stoller

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

LIST OF PARTICIPATING FUNDS

 

 

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund

 

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

 

International Equity Portfolio

 

International Value Portfolio

 

Quality Bond Portfolio

 

Small Cap Portfolio

 

Disciplined Stock Portfolio

 

Growth and Income Portfolio

 

Managed Assets Portfolio

 

Zero Coupon 2000 Portfolio

 

Small Company Stock Portfolio

 

The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.

 

 

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